John Thelwall [ Art and Literature / Politics / Association ]
… societies, lecture halls, theatres and a wide variety of print productions. People > Art and Literature People > Politics People > Association Keywords Debate Eloquence French Revolution Poetry Public sphere John Thelwall was born in … acted upon by stimuli that he compared to electricity. This materialist account of life underpinned much of his radical politics and his literary output, not least in his understanding of sympathy as materially based. For Thelwall, the … of Elocution thrived until 1818 when a resurgence in the reform movement prompted Thelwall to re-enter the world of politics more actively. He purchased the journal The Champion, which he began to edit, publishing a series of articles at …
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